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In the year 2005
689 Notable deaths
Martin Lings
English writer and scholar (1909-2005).
Born January 24th, 1909 in Burnage. [ref]
Died May 12th, 2005 at 96 years old in Westerham. [ref]
Jean Parker
American actress.
Born August 11th, 1916 in Butte, Deer Lodge. [ref]
Died November 30th, 2005 at 89 years old in Woodland Hills (stroke).
Constance Baker Motley
American politician and judge (1921-2005).
Born September 14th, 1921 in New Haven.
Died September 28th, 2005 at 84 years old in Manhattan (myocardial infarction, heart failure). [ref]
Joseph Rotblat
Polish-born british-naturalised physicist.
Born November 4th, 1908 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died August 31st, 2005 at 96 years old in London. [ref]
Jack Colvin
American actor (1934-2005).
Born October 13th, 1934 in Lyndon.
Died December 1st, 2005 at 71 years old in North Hollywood (stroke).
Emmanuelle Arsan
Thai writer, model and actress.
Born January 19th, 1932 in Bangkok.
Died June 12th, 2005 at 73 years old in Chantelouve (cholangiocarcinoma).
Mason Adams
Character and voice-over actor (1919-2005).
Born February 26th, 1919 in Brooklyn.
Died April 26th, 2005 at 86 years old in Manhattan.
Gregg Hoffman
American film producer (1963-2005).
Born June 11th, 1963 in Phoenix.
Died December 4th, 2005 at 42 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Wee Kim Wee
4th president of singapore (1915-2005).
Born November 4th, 1915 in Singapore, Straits Settlements.
Died May 2nd, 2005 at 89 years old in Siglap (prostate cancer). [ref]
Michel Thomas
American linguist and language teacher.
Born February 3rd, 1914 in Łódź.
Died January 8th, 2005 at 90 years old in New York City.
Deaths 181 to 190 of 689
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